New Zealand's domestic cricket showpiece, the State Championship, begins on Monday and the incentives to succeed for teams and individuals have been heightened this summer as a result of New Zealand Cricket's decision to embark on a much more

Greg Stewart, a High School Old Boys' player who took part in an incident in a second grade club match against Sydenham on October 25 that attracted world-wide headlines, has been banned for the remainder of the season after a code of conduct hearing